MR Imaging After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage and Surgery: A Long-term Follow-up Study
Riku P. Kivisaaria,
Oili Salonena,
Antti Servoa,
Taina Auttia,
Juha Hernesniemia and
Juha Öhmana
a From the Departments of Neurosurgery (R.P.K., J.H., J.Ö.) and Diagnostic Radiology (O.S., A.S., T.A.), Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.

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FIG 1. T2-weighted image shows lesion caused by surgery in the base of the right frontal lobe.FIG 2. Images show large infarction caused by arterial vasospasm in the right temporal lobe.
A, T1-weighted image.
B, T2-weighted image.
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FIG 3. T2-weighted image shows small high signal foci in left centrum semiovale.FIG 4. Fluid-attenuated inversion recovery image shows severe leukoaraiosis with increased periventricular signal intensity, numerous high signal foci, and a small infarction in the right centrum semiovale
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FIG 5. Ratio of signal intensities between the sides of initial bleeding and the contralateral sides in various regions of interest in 18 patients with ruptured aneurysms of the middle cerebral artery
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